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Augusta Robley, a resident of Madeira, dedicated the work to her mother Mrs. Penfold who also lived on the island. The plates include Strelitzia Reginae which "was introduced into Madeira by Mrs Penfold... from whose plant have been propogated all that are in the island", and Gleditschia Triacanthos "from which the specimen represented in the accompanying plate is taken, is in Mrs. Penfold's garden (the Achada), and is upwards of fifty feet in height". Augusta's son Horatio Gordon Robley (1840-1930) was a pioneering expert on Maori tatoos.